Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

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On Wednesday night in November, Mumbai, India was attacked by terrorists who raided two- five star hotels, the city’s largest train station, a Jewish center, a movie theater and a hospital leaving dozens killed and several wounded.

Although India has had its fair share of attacks this has been one of the worst terrorist attacks yet. The terrorists used boats to transport themselves to Mumbai and made sure that the sites they hit were popular with tourists making sure they walked away doing as much damage as possible. On Thursday it was reported by the Mumbai police that a minimum of 101 people were killed and at least 250 wounded.

For those who were inside the hotel and who managed to escape during the time of the attack, reported that the attackers were taking hostages singling out Americans and Britons. In the early morning the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel was in flames.

The other attacks that had happened in India were less planned and were not as grand as the attacks that occurred on Wednesday night. These attacks were well planned and the terrorists had specific ideas to what they wanted to accomplish. Vilasrao Deshmukh the chief minister of Maharashtra State, where Mumbai is located, “told CNN-IBN station that the attacks hit five to seven targets, concentrated in the southern tip of the city, known as Colaba and Naiman Point. But even hours after the attacks began, the full scope of the assaults was unclear.

At midnight another attack began at a local movie theater, where tourists as well as locals ducked for cover as they heard gunshots going on around them, a nearby gas station was also blown up as well as the landmark Leopold, a favorite spot amongst tourists. With all of the attacks that are going on in India the American people as well as the rest of the world have India and its people in their hearts.

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